Blepharidium

Blepharidium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Blepharidium guatemalense, which is native to Guatemala, Honduras and southern Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche, Tabasco).[2] Older works might mention two species (viz. B. guatemalense and B. mexicanum).[3]

Blepharidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Rondeletieae
Genus: Blepharidium
Standl.
Species:
B. guatemalense
Binomial name
Blepharidium guatemalense

Systematics

Blepharidium was named by Paul Standley in 1918.[4] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words blepharitis or blepharidos, meaning "on an eyelid". The similar term, blepharis means "an eyelash".[5]

A cladistic analysis of morphological characters found Blepharidium to be closely related to Cosmibuena, Balmea, and Hillia,[6] but a molecular phylogenetic study placed it closer to Rondeletia.[7]

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References
  1. Nelson, C. 1998. Blepharidium guatemalense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
  2. "Blepharidium in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
  4. Standley, PC. (1918). "Blepharidium page 59. In: "Blepharidium, a new genus of Rubiaceae from Guatemala"". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 8: 58–60.
  5. Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
  6. Andersson L (1995). "Tribes and genera of the Cinchoneae complex (Rubiaceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 82 (3): 409–427. doi:10.2307/2399891. JSTOR 2399891.
  7. Manns U, Bremer B (2010). "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56 (1): 21–39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002. PMID 20382247. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27.


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